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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 242: Relating to: required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 242 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on May 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts. Primary sponsor: Chris Kapenga (Republican), Dan Feyen (Republican), Rob Hutton (Republican), André Jacque (Republican), Jesse James (Republican), Rob Stafsholt (Republican), Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Patrick Testin (Republican). It lists 21 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 29

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris KapengaPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Dan FeyenPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Rob HuttonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate5
André JacquePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Jesse JamesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Rob StafsholtPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Rachael Cabral-GuevaraPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Patrick TestinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Dave ArmstrongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Lindee BrillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Rob BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Ben FranklinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Joy GoebenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Chanz GreenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Gus GustafsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Dave MaxeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Paul MelotikCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Adam NeylonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse15
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Duke TuckerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75
Chuck WichgersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Bob WittkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Shannon ZimmermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Available for scheduling
  3. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2
  4. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1
  5. Executive action taken
  6. Public hearing held
  7. LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
  8. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kapenga
  9. Representative B. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  10. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
  11. Introduced by Senators Kapenga, Feyen, Hutton, Jacque, James, Stafsholt, Cabral-Guevara and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Maxey, Neylon, Armstrong, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Franklin, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Tucker, Wichgers, Wittke, Gustafson, Zimmerman and Goeben

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source